Re: python for windows internet filter / firewall

thorley@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Greetings,

I'm interested in a simple content-based internet firewall/filter, similar to dansguardian (http://dansguardian.org/),

Firewall and filter are two things totally separated!

- If you want to do something like a "page filtering", like dansguard
and squidguard, you can simple do it with python, because you have to
act like a proxy that leave of not visit a page.
- If you have to do a firewall... I think you can't, especially if you
are on win. Take a look at wipfw (wipfw.sf.net) that do what you want

but written in python,

Of course :)

and for windows.

Why? All that work with networking (and not only that) work better with
*nix OS!

I assumed such a project would already exist,

Firewall I don't think, and the same for the filtering (I know only
something like a plugin for squid, so for *nix platform).

but my searches on freshmeat, and google turned up empty. I would be interested in starting my own project if necessary, so I have two questions:

1) Does any one no of such a project?

2) Is this even reasonable in python and how might I get started?
(e.g. win32 COM?)

win32COM for do what?

You can do it in not so difficult manner:
Take twisted and its proxy class, make some outline code (for filter the
pages) and enjoy! (work also on win)


Thanks much -- matthew



P.s. Don't forgot to share your code, when it'll work :)

Bye,
Michele
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